Truth.
Without it the world devolves into an amorphous chaos where everyone's preferences describe a personal reality disconnected from everyone else's. In that dark place no decision is good or bad, no action is right or wrong. But in the presence of truth - we are exposed for what we are. Therefore we need truth as the divine measuring rod of our identities.
"I am the truth" - Jesus The Christ.

1 Timothy 6:3-10 What is a Hairy-tic (II)

Submitted by tcblack on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 8:50am
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There are three characteristics that are consistent across every person I've ever known who was looking for a fight.
1) Some if not all of them Just liked to argue.
2) They believed at some level that they might be wrong and thus were prepared to duke it out from the start, no matter what the issue.
3) They had a much higher view of themselves than they merited. People who do not know them might well describe them as arrogant after meeting them.
Last time we talked about the identifying marks of a heretic; while this week we are going to look at a few more identification marks which pretty well double up to show us some of what motivates them. So in order to help refresh your memory: a heretic:
teaches a different doctrine,
disagrees with sound teaching,
and as a result rejects godliness which the gospel should invariably produce in the life of a true believer.
By rejecting the scriptures they embrace ignorance never examining the end result of their obstinacy. Proverbs 21:16 says, “A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.” The end result of heresy is death. Thus it is nothing to be trifled with.
If you return to 1 Timothy 6:4 we step into their motivation.

Revelation Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg Revised

Submitted by wmadan on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 8:46pm
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I have revised volume 1 of E.W. Hengstenberg's commentary on Revelation to correct problems with the footnotes, Bible passages and original languages not linking properly and fixing some typos. You can download the revised version by clicking on the attachment link below. Make sure you delete or copy over the previous volume because the new version has the same filename.

Grace,
Bill

With or without the Devil's help.

Submitted by tcblack on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 9:19am
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Do you Believe in the Devil?

There are perhaps three basic reactions to any story regarding the supernatural and demonic. First there is the wholesale acceptance of anything remotely smacking of Satanism, "The enemy is crafty, this is evil it must certainly be true! There's a demon under every rock!"

The second response comes from a firmly entrenched western-centric intellectualized anti religion, "Puhleaz! I stopped

Ramsey on Tithing

Submitted by tcblack on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:41am
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I don't know if you are a friend or foe of Dave Ramsey, but if you ever wonder about his view of Tithing let me clear it up for you:

“QUESTION: Adel can’t tithe, because that puts her budget in the negative once everything is paid. They have $3,000 in credit card debt and make $3,200 a month. They have a $1,400 house payment, a $15,000 car and a rental property that is losing money.

Difficult Times

Submitted by tcblack on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 8:36am
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Difficult days will come. That's the gospel truth in 2 Timothy 3:1 and in just a few more verses we read in 2 Timothy 3:6 "...among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women..." Paul was talking about false teacher, wicked men. The whole passage from 2 Timothy 3:1-9 is a startling and graphic picture of today.

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